Intuitive, personal service

We look after you as individuals: hospitality is part of the culture of both of our airlines.

The latest and greatest entertainment

The best movies and TV, not just the biggest. Plus fascinating speakers and TED talks to explore.

Innovative ways to begin and end your journey

Luxurious, innovative pre and post flight lounges and transfer options designed to inspire and refresh. All Virgin Atlantic and Delta flights now depart from Heathrow Terminal 3, ensuring your journey is more convenient and seamless than ever before.

Rewarding mutual loyalty programmes

You can earn and spend frequent flyer miles on any Virgin Atlantic or Delta flight worldwide, whichever programme you belong to. And enjoy reciprocal access to both airline’s lounges at certain membership levels.

American connections

Our partnership opens up over 200 destinations in North America including Indianapolis, Columbus, Seattle and San Diego, as well as connections to Canada and the Caribbean.

Great for creating multi-destination holidays. And our combined schedules on popular routes make holiday planning easy.

Seamless service

You can book your entire itinerary with one ticket, and your bags will be checked through to your final destination.

Flying Club benefits

You'll earn Flying Club miles on any Delta flight making it even easier to redeem awards. If you’re flying Upper Class you have access to Delta Sky Priority services and Sky Clubs when connecting from or to a Virgin Atlantic flight.***

** Delta’s 757 aircraft flying the London Heathrow-Philadelphia and Manchester-New York routes does not have direct aisle access.

***Upper Class passengers will only be entitled to Delta Sky Priority® benefits and use of the Delta Sky Clubs® if they are travelling in First or Delta One™ classes on the Delta operated flight.

Partnership flights

Flying 9 times daily between London and New York

Our partnership is about making travel planning easy for you, especially to our most popular destinations. So with Delta we offer a total of nine, well timed, daily direct flights between London and New York.

That’s eight daily flights between London Heathrow and New York JFK, and one daily flight between London Heathrow and Newark.

And in total, we operate up to 43 direct flights a day between the UK and North America, depending on the season.

Flight schedule: London to New York

Operated by:

Departure airport:

Departure time:

Arrival airport:

Arrival time:

Virgin Atlantic

LHR

08:50

JFK

12:00

Delta

LHR

10:35

JFK

13:50

Virgin Atlantic

LHR

11:30

JFK

14:50

Delta

LHR

12:40

JFK

15:50

Virgin Atlantic

LHR

14:35

JFK

17:45

Virgin Atlantic

LHR

16:00

JFK

19:05

Delta

LHR

17:35

JFK

20:45

Virgin Atlantic

LHR

20:05

JFK

23:05

Virgin Atlantic

LHR

15:20

EWR

19:00

Flight schedule: New York to London

Operated by:

Departure airport:

Departure time:

Arrival airport:

Arrival time:

Virgin Atlantic

JFK

08:15

LHR

20:10

Virgin Atlantic

JFK

18:30

LHR

06:50*

Virgin Atlantic

JFK

19:00

LHR

07:05*

Delta

JFK

19:30

LHR

07:35*

Virgin Atlantic

JFK

20:00

LHR

07:50*

Delta

JFK

20:30

LHR

08:45*

Virgin Atlantic

JFK

21:30

LHR

09:35*

Delta

JFK

22:30

LHR

10:30*

Virgin Atlantic

EWR

21:10

LHR

09:00*

*Arrives the following day.

Exciting new services

We're happy to announce our new direct flights from New York (JFK) to Edinburgh and Salt Lake City to London in partnership with Delta. Services from Salt Lake City to London begin 2 May, 2016, while the New York to Edinburgh service starts on 27 May, 2016.

New direct service launches

Operated by

Flight number

Departing

Arriving

Delta

VS4027

Edinburgh

New York (JFK)

Delta

VS4026

New York (JFK)

Edinburgh

Delta

VS4019

London Heathrow

Salt Lake City

Delta

VS4020

Salt Lake City

London Heathrow

Direct flights between London and Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit

Virgin Atlantic now operates one of Delta's three direct flights from London Heathrow to Atlanta so we can connect you to further US, Canadian, Mexican and Caribbean networks.

Virgin Atlantic also flies daily and direct to Detroit, of of the world's best connecting airports. And Delta now operates a direct, daily service from London Heathrow to Philadelphia.

More choice to US cities

If you're flying to Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, New York JFK, Newark and Los Angeles you can fly either Virgin Atlantic or Delta, giving you lots of choice and flexibility.

Benefits of our partnership

Mutual loyalty benefits

With our partnership, you can earn and spend miles on both airlines across the world.

If you’re a Virgin Atlantic Flying Club member you’ll earn miles on any Delta flight.

If you’re a Delta SkyMiles® member you can earn and spend Medallion Qualification Miles on eligible Virgin Atlantic flights.

If you’re a Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Gold member, you’ll get 100% more of the base flown Flying Club miles when you travel on any Delta flight. If you’re a Silver member you’ll get 50% more.

Earn Flying Club miles

If you’re a Virgin Atlantic Flying Club member, you’ll earn Flying Club miles on any Delta flight, anywhere in the world, even if you’re not connecting from a Virgin Atlantic service.

Spend Flying Club miles

Gold membership

For the first time with an airline partner, your Flying Club Gold membership will earn you 100% extra base flown miles on all Delta flights! Not to mention access to all Delta Sky Priority® benefits, which includes Priority Check In, Priority Baggage, Extra Baggage, Priority Boarding and Priority Security. Plus you'll receive access to Preferred Seating, and access to Delta's Sky Clubs® when you are connecting onto a transatlantic flight on the same day.

Silver membership

Shared spaces

Helping you enjoy a smooth journey

All Virgin Atlantic and Delta flights from London Heathrow arrive and depart from Terminal 3 (T3), offering the ultimate seamless service.

Transferring between terminals

If you are connecting to a Virgin Atlantic or Delta flight, please follow the purple signs for ‘Flight Connections’ where a dedicated bus will take you to Terminal 3. This service is free, departing every 6 to 10 minutes. Please allow roughly 20 minutes for journey time between terminals.

Sharing our Upper Class services at London Heathrow T3

Arrive in style at the Upper Class Wing

If you're travelling Virgin Atlantic Upper Class, you can enjoy our complimentary chauffeur driven car service.** If you're travelling Virgin Atlantic Upper Class or Delta One™, you can choose to take advantage of the Upper Class Wing by arriving in your own car or taxi.

Breeze through the airport

Enjoy Drive Thru Check In and our Private Security Channel, so you can focus on work, not your travel itinerary. Work or relax at the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse. You'll also get priority boarding and baggage.

Your arrival back in London

On arrival back into London Heathrow, get straight back to business at the Virgin Atlantic Revivals Lounge or the Delta Arrivals Lounge, with a hot shower, delicious breakfast and clothes pressing/mending service. When you’re ready to go, if you’ve booked a chauffeur car**, it’ll be waiting to take you to your final destination.

Upper Class experience*

Not to mention, breezing through our Private Security Channel, giving Delta travellers more time to relax in our flagship London Heathrow Clubhouse, or Revivals Lounge to freshen up after a long flight.